Dachwald, B. and Mengali, G. and Quarta, A.A. and Macdonald, M. and McInnes, C.R. (2007) Optical solar sail degradation modelling. In: 1st International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2007), 2007-06-27 - 2007-06-29, Herrsching, Germany. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
We propose a simple parametric OSSD model that describes the variation of the sail film's optical coefficients with time, depending on the sail film's environmental history, i.e., the radiation dose. The primary intention of our model is not to describe the exact behavior of specific film-coating combinations in the real space environment, but to provide a more general parametric framework for describing the general optical degradation behavior of solar sails.
| Item type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| ID code: | 7523 |
| Keywords: | solar sails, spacecraft, space, aerodynamics, modelling, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
| Subjects: | Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2009 13:18 |
| Last modified: | 06 Oct 2012 07:57 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/7523 |
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